Increase in water column denitrification during the last deglaciation: The influence of oxygen demand in the eastern equatorial Pacific

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Martinez, P ^a   Robinson, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LAST DEGLACIATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

COSTA RICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 74049158167     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1-2010     Document Type: Article

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